---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise tax lien and tax deed process"
description: "Revise tax lien and tax deed process"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 23"
citation: "Montana HB 23 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Becky Beard"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 45
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2020-09-24"
last_action: "2021-02-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06c263ff-77d6-4e4e-bf7b-c9145acec526"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=23&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "6bfec0c1e4618d9bbda678be373d03221ff720b9c44cc85e76a45125be66c070"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mt"]
---

# Montana HB 23 (2021) — Revise tax lien and tax deed process

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB0023_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0023_1.pdf)
2. **HB0023_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0023_2.pdf)
3. **HB0023_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0023_3.pdf)
4. **HB0023_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0023_4.pdf)
5. **HB0023_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0023_X.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0023.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **96–4** (pass) · lower
- AMD-3001 O'Brien D/PASS — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur As Amended — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **93–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Becky Beard — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-09-24** Draft Request Received
- **2020-09-24** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-10-13** Draft in Edit
- **2020-11-10** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-11-17** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-11-30** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-11-30** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-11-30** Executive Director Review
- **2020-11-30** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-13** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-12-24** Referred to Committee - (H) Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-04** First Reading - (H) Taxation `reading-1`
- **2021-01-07** Hearing - (H) Taxation
- **2021-01-08** Amendments Available
- **2021-01-08** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Taxation `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-11** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Taxation `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-13** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-01-13** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-14** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-01-14** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-14** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-01-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-15** Referred to Committee - (S) Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** Hearing - (S) Taxation
- **2021-01-29** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Taxation
- **2021-02-01** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Taxation
- **2021-02-05** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-05** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2021-02-05** 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `reading-2`
- **2021-02-09** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-09** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-09** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2021-02-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-15** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-16** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-16** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-02-18** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-02-18** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-02-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-18** Signed by President
- **2021-02-19** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-23** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-02-23** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06c263ff-77d6-4e4e-bf7b-c9145acec526`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).